Attachment means for glove-fasteners.



W. S. SILVERNAIL.

ATTACHMENT MEANS FOR GLOVE FASTENERS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, m4.

1,1 86,344. Patented June 6, I916.

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W'INFIELD S. SILVERNAIL, 0F GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK.

ATTACHMENT MEANS FOR GLOVE-FASTENERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1 916.

Application filed February 12, 1914. Serial No. 818,273.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVINFIELD S. SILVER- NAIL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Gloversville, in the county of Fulton andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Attachment Means forGlove-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to glove fasteners and has particular referenceto a novel. and

efficient means for attaching such fasteners to the gloves.

Among the objects of the invention, more definitely stated, is toprovide attachment means in the nature of a washer made of leather, feltor other suitable tough, flexible material, carrying on one face or sidethere of a layer of soft glue which renders the washer always ready forimmediate application to the leather or textile of the glove, and whichsoft glue, under the pressure of the fastener which is applied to theglove in any usual manner, serves to secure the washer firmly to theglove, the soft glue under such pressure impregnating the body of theleather or other textile, rendering the whole into a strong, compactmass without interfering with the flexibility.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter bemore fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forminga part of this specification in which like characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 isa perspective view of the wrist portion of the glove having myimprovement applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of theattachment washers, shown in detail on a large scale; and Fig. 3 is asectional view showing the relation of the washer to the glove fastenerand the effect of the soft glue on the glove textile.

In the manufacture of gloves various devices have been tried to preventthe buttons, snaps or other fasteners, from pulling through or tearingloose from the body of the glove. Prior to this invention, however, anyof those devices which had been found otherwise satisfactory have provedto be so expensive as to add seriously to the cost of the manufacture ofthe gloves. In the practice of this invention I employ washers 10, suchas shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose of constituting a reinforcement forthe glove stays or fasteners, such washers being of a comparativelycheap construction, and are so easily applied as to add but slightly tothe cost of manufacture.

As shown herein, each washer 10 comprises a body 11 of leather, felt orany other suitable tough, strong, flexible material. A layer of softglue, indicated at 12, is applied to one face of the body 11. Said softglue is of such a consistency and nature as to more or less impregnatethe adjacent sure face of the body and thereby insure intimate adhesionthereto. I also prefer to apply to the outer surface of the layer ofglue an open mesh fabric, shown at 13, of a nature adapting the washersto be readily handled, either singly or in a large quantity, withoutannoyance due to the soft glue causing the washers to adhere to thefingers or to one another. The mesh of the fabric 13, however, is largeand open enough 'so as not to interfere with the glue passingtherethrough for intimate cooperation with the body of the glove shownat G.

The washers may be formed in any suitable manner and in any desiredshape, usually disk shape, to correspond to the size and form of thefasteners, with which they are adapted to be used and through which theyare secured to the leather or textile of the glove G. As shown herein,each washer is provided with a central hole 10 through which the shank 11 of a fastener is passed before the head 15. thereof is secured inposition. The base 16 of the fastener cooperates directly with the outerunglued side of the washer body, and during the securing of the fastenerto the glove body the soft glue 12 is squeezed firmly into intimatecontact with the leather or textile of the glove whereby the glue iscaused to pass through the open mesh fabric 13 and more or less into andthrough the glove fabric, as shown at 12*, Fig. 3. The diameter of thewasher is preferably a little greater than that of the base 16 of thefastener,

whereby the tough character of the body 11 will prevent the edge of thebase from tending to cut or pull through the glove fabric. The entiredisk of glue 12, however, is caused to become secured to the glove bodyand the combined mass of washer body, glove body and layer of gluebecome thoroughly intermingled and after a time partakes somewhat of theconsistency of raw hide, making an attachment means for the fastenerwhich is practically indestructible and which will not, by any means,permit the fastener to cut, tear or otherwise become loose or pullthrough the glove body.

The washers are made in various sizes to correspond with the varioussizes or types of fasteners employed by the many glove manufacturers,and are not only cheaply manufactured but are exceedingly easy tomanipulate at the glove factory during the application of the fastenersto the gloves. The glue being soft does not require to be moistened, andbecause of its soft consistency more thoroughly impregnates the severalbodies with which it is associated than any other form of glue or otherfastening medium, and renders the glove fastener much more effective andreliable than if the glue were not employed.

I am aware that reinforcement washers of various materials have beenmade heretofore for other purposes, said washers being provided withhard glue or glue which must be moistened at the time of theapplication, but this invention is totally different in its manner ofapplication and functions from such prior devices and is to bedistinguished therefrom.

While this device is designed especially for use in connection withglove fasteners, and is so used to a large extent, it is to beunderstood that the spirit of the invention would remain the same ifapplied to other articles of wearing apparel or other analogous devices.The term glove as used in the specification and claims, therefore, is tobe given an interpretation broad enough to cover any analogous devicesor places where the attachment means may be used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. The herein described protector for a glove fastener having a'metallicbase, the same comprising a washer of tough, flexible material forcooperation with the fastener base, said washer including a layer ofsoft glue on the inner face thereof and constituting a permanent part ofthe washer as a commercial article.

2. The herein described protector for a glove fastener having a metallicbase flange, the same comprising a washer of tough, flexible, fibrousmaterial adapted to cooperate with said base flange and carrying on itsopposite face as a permanent part thereof a layer of soft glue which isadapted. to cause the Washer to adhere closely to the glove body as aresult of the pressure due to the application of the fastener to theglove and whereby a portion of the glue becomes impregnated in the glovebody.

3. As an article of manufacture, a reinforcement washer for glovefasteners, the same comprising an annular member of tough, flexible,fibrous material carrying on one face a mass of soft glue and a facingof open mesh fabric carried on the outer face of said soft glue.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

VVINFIELD S. SILVERNAIL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. MACDONALD, JANE M. Peon- Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner cf Patents,

Washington, I). G.

